I already have an interested buyer. Where do I start as far as paperwork goes? How are closing costs figured? Would I save that much money without a realtor?

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have a realtor now and my home price reflects that.
Looking for options ,like most in this market .Property swap in tucson az would even be an option .

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Home Selling Yourself Without A Realtor in Ten Easy Steps

When it’s time to sell your home, selling yourself makes the most financial sense. Why pay a real estate agent 00 or more to show your house when you can do it yourself for half the price or less? Below are ten easy steps to home selling that you can do yourself:

Home Selling Yourself Tip #1. Get your house ready.

Clean up your house, inside and out. Make sure that your lawn is trimmed, and the landscaping is neat. If the house needs repairs, this is the time to make them. Repaint, or give it a good wash. Inside, remove as much personal clutter as possible. Put away collections and pictures, take decorations off the walls and empty closets.

Home Selling Yourself Tip #2. Research prices in your neighborhood.

The single most important factor in determining how fast your home will sell is the asking price. It should be within a few percentage points of other homes in your neighborhood. Check at the county clerk’s office for recent sales of homes in your neighborhood to get an idea of what homes in your neighborhood are selling for, then set your asking price within a few thousand dollars.

Home Selling Yourself Tip #3. Look into a flat listing with a local realtor.

Even if you’re selling your home yourself, you can make use of a local realtor. Many real estate agents offer what they call a ‘flat fee listing’ for homeowners who are selling their homes on their own. The purpose is to get your home listed on the Multiple Listing Service for your area in order to increase the exposure that your home gets. The fee is generally a flat 0-0, or a small percentage of the final price, depending on the agent.

Home Selling Yourself Tip #4. Get a good photographer to take pictures of your home.

When a realtor is handling your property, they’ll engage a photographer to get the most flattering pictures of your property possible. If you’re selling your home yourself, don’t skimp on the ‘frills’. The photographs that show your house to prospective buyers are the single best investment that you can make. If your house looks good in the pictures, people will want to see more.

Home Selling Yourself Tip #5. List your house on several internet ‘selling home yourself’ web sites.

Shop around for the best deals before listing, but don’t go just by price. It’s far more important to check a little deeper. Search for other homes and realtors in your area, and choose web sites that have a fairly good representation of homes for sale in your neighborhood or city.

Home Selling Yourself Tip #6. Use those pictures to help in selling your home.

The more prospective buyers can see of your home before they pick up the phone, the more likely it is that the calls you get will be from ‘serious’ buyers. Make sure that you include photos of your home’s best features and major selling points.

Home Selling Yourself Tip #7. Be prepared to offer incentives when selling your home yourself.

Since you’re not paying a realtor, you may be in a better position to absorb part of the closing costs, or offer to buy points for a prospective buyer to help them get the loan they need to buy your house. Other non-cash incentives may include details like including the gas grill and patio furniture as part of the deal.

Home Selling Yourself Tip #8. Get all your warranty information together.

As you get closer to selling your home yourself, make sure that you have all the paperwork that your buyer will need to take over the house. Collect warranties on the heating system, furnace, cabinets, and any other repairs or major investments that you’ve made.

Home Selling Yourself Tip #9. Have your home inspected.

Having your home inspected by your own inspector can save time when you’re selling your home yourself. It may preclude the need for the buyers to pay for their own inspection if yours is recent and comprehensive.

Home Selling Yourself Tip #10. Retain a lawyer experienced in real estate law to help you through the fine points of selling your home yourself.

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All I need is a quick experienced (realtor, mortgage, broker, real estate investor) approximate number, thanks. Don’t need all the different variables taken into account, thanks.

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Our Listing agreement has expired for the second time! It’s truly amazing even in this soft market that we do not even get people coming through! Realtor hasn’t really advertised in local Sunday paper either the past 4 weeks. In a month only 2 people have come through. One was a come back for the 5th time. We have lowered the price below bank appraisal also! House is in Excellent shape and spotless. It was well staged. Anyway we need to sell and sell asap at this point as our new home is almost completed! We need breathing space from the realtor for awhile and would like the FSBO sites with the best record of sales.

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I am selling my home without a realtor in Georgia. Does anyone have a copy of the 2006 GAR (Georgia Association of Realtors) Forms I can use for the purchase contract? Sending them to my email would be a preferred method of delivery. List your email in your response so I can contact you.

Your help is greatly appreciated.

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hello! i have a realtor (whos also a social aquaintance) whos helping me find a new home to purchase. i was considering renting my current place, so i never discussed selling with my buying agent. but now i have decided to sell my place. but i have another realtor friend who i think would be able to market my current place better and have it sold quicker. is it wrong to use two different agents for buying and selling?

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I am a professional home stager…I get properties ready to sell. A realtor whom I’ve worked with before hired me this spring to give his client a consultation and to bring in a table and chairs, along with some greenery and other accessories. I have sent him several bills, he has yet to pay me. The property sold without my knowledge, and my things were removed without my knowledge. He has yet to respond to any correspondence I have sent him, but I did talk to the former owner who told me he personally removed my things from the property. (FYI – He was my client. Not her. As he is the one who hired me.) I just want to know if I can press charges against him for theft? And if so, what is the procedure? Property he took was worth about 0.00. Money he owes for loaning it out to him and staging services was 5.00. What do I do? FYI – I am in Minneapolis Minnesota. And this has NEVER happened to me in all the years I have been doing business.
Not only does he owe me for my services and rental of the furniture, but he REMOVED MY TABLE, CHAIRS AND ACCESSORIES and will not return them, nor will he even acknowledge any of my correspondence to him about payment or returning my table and chairs.

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I am buying my parent’s house and we are selling our house to my wife’s brother. I have heard there are some tax exemptions when making a sale to a relative. Also our realtor has said that for 00 they can handle all the paperwork, since they won’t be getting a commission on either sale. Just wondering if the work would be worth 00.

Thanks

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I am going to buy a new house that was the builder’s model home. The real estate agent we are working with is the builder’s agent and ours, and said she is a ‘transactional broker.’ She said the builder absolutely does not accept lower offers and wouldn’t let us make a lower offer on the asking price, she just wrote up the paperwork with the asking price. Does this sound normal? This will be our first home and the real estate agent knows how much we want the home. We are just slightly clueless and I don’t want to get sucked into a trap since we are just learning what to do.
Any help you can offer would be appreciated. Thank you!
I guess I need to clarify. I didn’t mean "accept" as in — that’s what we would pay. I meant accept as in — making a lower offer. The realtor would not even let us make a lower offer, and that was my question. I was not sure if it was okay for the realtor to say no you can’t even make a lower offer on the house.
Thanks!

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